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Then Jonathan went forth and passed through the cities beyond the river, and all the forces of Syria gathered themselves unto him to help him; and when he came to Askalon, they of the city met him honorably.
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From thence he went to Gaza, but they of Gaza shut him out; therefore he laid siege against it, and burned the suburbs thereof with fire and despoiled them.
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Afterwards, when they of Gaza made supplication unto Jonathan, he made peace with them, and took the sons of the chief men for hostages and sent them to Jerusalem, and passed through the country unto Damascus.
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Now when Jonathan heard that Demetrius' princes had come to Kadesh, which is in Galilee, with a great power, purposing to remove him out of the country,
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he went to meet them and left Simon his brother in the country.
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Then Simon encamped against Beth-zur and fought against it a long season, and shut it in.
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But they desired to have peace with him, which he granted them, and then put them out from thence, and took the city and set a garrison in it.
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As for Jonathan and his host, they pitched camp at the Water of Gennesaret, from whence early in the morning they got to the plain of Hazor.
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And behold, the host of foreigners met them in the plain who, having laid men in ambush for him in the mountains, came themselves over against him.
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So when those who lay in ambush rose out of their places and joined battle, all who were from Jonathan's side fled,
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insomuch that there was not one of them left except Mattathias the son of Absalom and Judas the son of Chalphi, the captains of the host.